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Dan Rather: Trump criticism of media is 'straight out of Orwell'
The Hill ^ | July 28, 2018 | Jacqueline Thomsen

Posted on 07/29/2018 5:55:46 PM PDT by Zakeet

Veteran journalist Dan Rather said on Friday that President Trump’s false statements about and attacks on the media are "straight out of Orwell."

The former longtime CBS News anchor told CNN’s Don Lemon that Trump is "authoritarian" and wants people to believe that "the one and only truth comes from him."

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"As several people have said before me, he is not just attacking the truth, he wants to annihilate the truth," the former anchor added. "He wants to move us completely into the post-truth political era in which there’s no such thing as objective facts."

Rather added that there "has been some desperation" in Trump's recent attacks ... "And as he gets more desperate he takes bigger risks in telling bigger lies or more often telling lies. And telling people, 'look, don’t believe what you read or see anywhere else, just come to me. I have the ultimate truth, I am the way,' " Rather said.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: boogedyboogedy; danrather; fakebutaccurate; fakenews; journalism; lamestreammedia; liberalagenda; liberalmedia; mainstreammedia; ministryoftruth; minitrue; orwell; orwellian; rather; trumpmedia; whatsthefrequency
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To: Zakeet

cretin dan rather is so steeped in fakeness, he actually believes the propaganda he continually spouts.


21 posted on 07/29/2018 6:06:01 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (mongrel at large)
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To: Zakeet

What the hell? Don’t these freaks ever die?


22 posted on 07/29/2018 6:07:54 PM PDT by coaster123
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To: Zakeet

You’re the king of out and out liars Dan. You were caught red handed with your fake letter trying to smear Dubya right before the 2004 election. YOU are a prime example of the Leftist lying MSM.


23 posted on 07/29/2018 6:09:29 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Zakeet

Disgraced propagandist attacks those who question his loathesome industry.


24 posted on 07/29/2018 6:11:00 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: JohnBrowdie

Come’on now. Everybody knows it’s not about the proof of a charge but rather the seriousness of the allegation...


25 posted on 07/29/2018 6:11:02 PM PDT by Rebelbase ( Tagline disabled.)
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To: JohnBrowdie

Dan Rather. Straight from the Ministry of Truth.


26 posted on 07/29/2018 6:13:13 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
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To: Zakeet

He’s got it Bass Ackwards again.

The media’s Fake News and the rewriting of history is ‘straight out of Orwell’.


27 posted on 07/29/2018 6:14:21 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Liberalism is the philosophy of sniveling brats. - P.J. ORourke)
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To: Zakeet

Projection much, Dan?

Your whole career was straight out of Orwell, Mr. Fake but Accurate.


28 posted on 07/29/2018 6:14:32 PM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives. Do nothing, they win and we lose.)
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To: Zakeet

Projectin’


29 posted on 07/29/2018 6:15:55 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
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To: Zakeet
feh...
30 posted on 07/29/2018 6:17:01 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Zakeet

Blather is straight out of Animal Farm.


31 posted on 07/29/2018 6:17:17 PM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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To: Vision

The enemedia is doubling down on its lies...after that public soul-searching in the wake of the 2016 fiasco. Remember how for a few hours late on Election Night they said they’d stop ignoring us “little people”? In actuality “Operation Anti-Trump 24/7/365” never missed a beat; their “soul-searching” was pure theater for the benefit of the normals watching the networks on Election Night (who otherwise don’t even watch).


32 posted on 07/29/2018 6:17:26 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Zakeet

BS, the MSM’s fake news and manic, group hatred of Trump is straight out of Orwell


33 posted on 07/29/2018 6:17:27 PM PDT by Will88
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To: Zakeet

Says Dirty Dan, the garbage man.

34 posted on 07/29/2018 6:17:29 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: Zakeet

Isn’t this brown starfish dead yet?


35 posted on 07/29/2018 6:18:46 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Zakeet

...and you, you nasty reprobate, are straight from _____.


36 posted on 07/29/2018 6:18:47 PM PDT by madison10 (Pray for those in harm's way in California.)
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To: Zakeet

37 posted on 07/29/2018 6:18:48 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (California: knowingly give someone aids: misdemeanor. Give them a straw, go to jail.)
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To: Zakeet

I guess playing the “Worse than Hitler!!” Card 24/7 is not working as the Libs expected it to.


38 posted on 07/29/2018 6:19:11 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Lurkinanloomin

The obama regime mastered and controlled it.
Now it has to be walked back.


39 posted on 07/29/2018 6:19:34 PM PDT by himno hero (hadnuff)
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To: Zakeet
Dan 🐀 her is straight out of a horse’s ass.
40 posted on 07/29/2018 6:19:52 PM PDT by rfp1234 (I have already previewed this composition.)
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